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Newspaper
Taos News
Location
Taos, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1986
Page
3
Taos officials urge stricter enforcement as state rules push for district court handling of repeat offenses. DA argues for consistent tracking, improved records, and police discretion limits to ensure jail terms for all repeat DWI offenders. Nationwide deaths from drunken driving declined in 1984 but remain a concern.
Linda Fair notes Taos County saw high Spanish and native turnout in the primary while Anglos largely skipped polls. Many Anglos were unregistered independents or busy, some dropped out, and Canon Taos Canyon ballots showed only 11 Anglo voters. Spanish community accounted for over 60 percent of registered voters.
Light bills are high and a reader offers simple steps to check a rented meter. Go outside and observe the meter’s glass disc. If it turns with no appliance on, there may be a problem. Turn off all automatic devices and pull plugs before rechecking the disc. Then observe again outside.
Instructions advise checking a meter disc by watching for movement after turning off appliances, waiting five minutes, and rechecking. If the disc still turns or is slow, repeat checks over several intervals, consider a potential short, and contact REA if issues persist. Reconnect and test with breakers off only under non normal conditions. Taos Tony J. Romero
Patricia Edmunds of Ranchos de Taos writes about spotting a full set of keys on a doorstep and warning neighbors after knocking at 6:30 a.m. The New Mexican carrier-driver recounts an unkind response and questions whether the local business owners care about the neighborhood as she observes both pleasant and troubling scenes along her Taos route.
Letters to the Taos News urge Kit Carson Co op customers to demand answers from board members and file complaints. Readers are told to contact Mondragon Coca Gonzales Rael Cisneros Rodarte Barela Mon toya Diefenthaler and others, attend meetings, audit bills, and push for a public investigation. A note clarifies co op members are not stockholders and not personally liable for loans.
On June 13 1961 the Highway 64 Association met in Espanola to elect officers and pass a resolution supporting a bridge over the Rio Grande Gorge near Taos and the southern route. George Martin of El Rito elected president succeeding Terry Moynihan of Taos. Taos attendees included Van Hinds Ed Mitchell Doughbelly Price Bob Brooks and Mark Packard. Directors Moynihan and Jack Brandenburgh from Taos.
A columnist condemns fundamentalist preachers who pray for the death of political enemies and warns that blessing and not cursing is central to Jesus teachings. The piece cites Indiana and Nebraska cases, cites Swaggart and Gothard, and urges church leaders to repudiate death prayers to prevent violence and public disgrace.
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